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G. 1 .`W.A\LKER` TRACK FOR CASH AN? PARCEL CARRIERS.. No. 282,419. A

Patented July 3l, 1883.

N. mina i'nnmuihngraphu. wmingmmn C `4o scaffolding ,or posts from below, can be of 'any GEORGE P; WALKER," oF'LoWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSiGNoEoE ONE- IPATENT OFFICE.

HALE To `ABEL T. ATHEEToN, oE SAME PLAGE.

`TRACK F'ORCASH AND PARCEL CARRIERS.`

sr'ncnsrcATroNforming` part of` Letters Patent No. 282,419, dated ru1ya1, 188s.

Application inea .Tune 1e, 1883. (N model.)

.To all whom `t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE?. WALKER; ofthe city of Lowell, in the State of Massa; chusetts, `have invented certain new and use-l ful Improvements in Tracks for Cash and Par-` ce1 Carriers, of which the following is a specification. f

, My invention has relation to means for Shuntingthe cash or parcel carrier from the ro track on which it may bemoving; and it is` characterized by the combination, `with the main track, of la pendulous or hanging track- Section, forming normally a part of the track, and arranged in such manner that when the carrier moves over` it it will (when released from the control of suitable locking machinery) be caused by the weight of the carrier to swing back and, as it were, dump the carrier either-onto a lowerside or branch track, or 2o into a receiver, should there `be one of the latter used instead of a branch track. As `soon as the carrier `leaves it the pendulous section automatically returns to and is again locked in its original or normal position. The lock or detent is combined with releasing mechan-` ism arranged .to beoperated by such carrier or carriers only as are tobe shunted. All other carriers pass along the main track and over the track-section without affecting the latter. The nature of my invention and the manner in which the same is or maybe carried into "r effect will be readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in whichf Figure l is a plan, and Fig. 2 is a side ele- 3 5 vation, partlyin section, of so much of a track as needed for the purposes of explaining my improvements.

The track, which 'is supported in any of the usual ways, either by hangers 4from above or by suitable known construction. In the present instance it consists of a single rail having the form of an inverted T, upon which run carriers having a peripheral central groove to receivethe vertical web of the rail. This feature, however, is not here claimed, inasmuch as I have `made it the subject-matter of another application for Letters Patent of even date herewith. Y

5o :The stationary parts ofthe track are lettered A, and the pendulous track-section is lettered B. The latter is attachedto the lower crosshead of a frame, (l, whose upper cross-head is hung on gudgeons at a in iiXcd or station# ary standards above the track, so that it can swing back `and forth on a as an axis. The abutting ends of the stationary rails A and pendulous section B are beveled, :as shown, so as to permit the swinging action, the bevel at f the front end of the section being formed by. 6o a downwardly-inclined prolongation of the track-rail of the section, as indicated in Fig. 2. The track-section is pretty nearly evenly balanced, and it is locked in normal position by any suitable lock or detent', consisting in this instance of a latch, the pivoted movable portion b of which on the track-Section engages the .stationary part c on the front main rail A, andA is held in engagement therewith by a light spring, d. The tail b of the movable part of the latch projects up in such position that it will be depressedby the carrier which is to be shunted. Y

The arrangement shown in the drawings is one designed to shunt a carrier fromthe track A onto a branch or side track, A', which necf essarily is placed lower than the main track, and in such position that when the track-section swings back the depressed front end of the latter will meet or form in effect a prolongation of the lower s ide track, so that the carrier will roll off from the section onto the branch track.`

Supposing a carrier to be moving in the direction oi' the arrow in Fig. l, and that it is of 8 5 the proper form and construction to act on and depress the endb' of the latch, the operation will be asV follows: The carrier rolls along on the track A and passes upon the pendulous section B, over which it moves without disturbing the position of any ofthe parts until it meets and depresses the releasing endb' of the latch, thus unlocking the sections; but before the carriercan thus act itmust pass beyond the center a ofthe pendulous section. Consequently the preponderance of weight at the front end of the section will cause the lat` ter to at once swing back to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. y 2, and the carrier, running down the track-section rail, will roo e 282mm be dumped therefrom onto the rail of the branch' track A.

As soon as the carrier quits the track-section the latter swings forward up into its original position, where it is again automatically locked in place. p

In practice a number of these pendulous track-sections will of course bc used, located at different points in the line of track. -By varying the size or position, or both, of the releasing device b, and by correspondingly varying the position of the flange or projecting part of the carrier adapted to operate on said device, the various carriers passing over the track can be shunted at any desired point thereon, as will be readily understood without further explanation.

What I claim as new and of my invention 1s- 1. rlhe combination, with the main track, of a pendulous track-section whose axis is placed above the track, forming normally part of the track, and arranged and operating, upon the passage over it of a carrier, to swing bodily back and down, so as to dump or discharge the "carrier at a point below the track, and to then 

